Lifting device for automobile-engines.



H. MAYER a. SCHLA TT ER, L IFTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE ENGINES;

APPLICATION Iii-1i MR. 9. m7.

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

HEINRICH MAYER, ornniaon, AND eusravffsonLarrni or s rninnoif," swrrz mt I LAND, ASSIG1\TORS T0 FIRMA ADOLPHSAUBER,O1? nson, SWITZERLAND. V

irming nnvron Fora auronoisrrn-nnernns I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 9, 1917. Serial No. 153,788.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, HEINRIOH MAYER, a

subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Arbon, Switzerland, and GUSTAV SoI-ILATTER, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing at Steinach, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lifting Devices'for Automobile-Engines, and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention has reference to devices for lifting the cylinder blocks of automobile engines for repairing 'or like purposes, and it resides more particularly in a simple lever arrangement, which makes use of the cross-bar connecting the radiator and the dashboard for pivotally supporting a lift-rod to be readily connected to and disconnected from the cylinder block, the leverage being such that a workman by him self can readily raise and lower the block.

The invention will be best understood when described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of the new lifting device in two different operative positions, the full lines showing the parts with the cylinder casting in the lowermost position, and the dash-and-dot lines showing them with the casting in raised position.

Fig. 2 shows a fragmental top view of the hook end of the lifting rod and its retaining clip; and

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the clip with the cross-bar and lift-rod in section.

In the drawings the letter A denotes the cylinder block, -B the radiator, and C the dash. The radiator and the dash are connected by the cross-bar or strut -1- which, as is well known in the art, serves to steady the radiator and to act at the same time as supportfor the engine bonnet, not shown in the drawing. At either end of the cross-beam there is hinged a frusto-coiiical journal-pin 2, 2 which engages readily and removably in the correspondingly cross-sectioned socketed bracket '3, -3 secured respectively on the radiator and the dashboard. From this cross-bar l' is pivotally suspended at 7 the lifting-rod 4L, whose'lower end 8 is hook or claw shaped to cooperate readily with an eye 6- extending from the cylinder block. One or more spring clips 5- are suitably secured to the cross-bar, which serve to retain the lift-rod l in its inoperative position alongside of the bar, as shown inbroken lines in Fig. 1, and also in Figs. 2 and 3.

For use the lift-rod is withdrawn from the clip 5' swung downwardly and hooked into the cylinder block eye 6 as in Fig. 1, when a single workman, owing to the favorably applied leverage, can readily lift the end of the cross-bar nearest the cooler, with the dash end pivoting upon its journal-pin connection, with the result that simultaneously also the cylinder block is raised, as shown by the broken lines in Fig. 1.

What we claim is: I

1. In an automobile, in combination, a bonnet-supporting cross-bar, and a lift-rod pivotally depending from said cross-bar and adapted to cooperate with the cylinder block Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

bar, the said two parts forming a lever systerm for axially displacing the cylinder block.

3. In an automobile, in combination, the cylinder block, a bonnet-supporting crossbar, a lift-rod pivoted to said cross-bar, means in connection with said cross-bar for retainingsaid lift-rod in its inoperative position, a hook forming the free end of said lift-rod, and means in connection with said cylinder block for cooperating with the said lift-rod hook.

4:. In an automobile having a cylinder block, a dashboard and a radiator, in combination, a lever system for axially displacing said cylinder block, comprising a crossbar adapted normally to interconnect said radiator and said dashboard and support the rarily connecting said lift-rod operatively to bonnet, ournal-pins pivotally secured to said cylinder block. the extremities of said cross-bar, socketed In testimony that We claim the foregoing 10 brackets respectively on said dashboard and as our invention, We have signed our names.

5 saidradiator adapted to receive said jour- 7 7 v nal-pins, a lift-rod pivotally depending HEINRICH'MAYER. from said cross-bar, and means for tempo- GUSTAV'SCHLATTER.

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